Hey Everyone! This Fic is for everybody in SHBC.(and part of Jens gift) You are all so amazing and to those who helped me come up with ideas XO Mwah!
Just one week I rented out my house, sold my car, and left my philandering boyfriend. In just one week my own life died, and it didn't go quietly. It imploded. But to be fair, I'd been the one to fuck it up in the first place. Although, I promised my overprotective parents that I'd be careful, it wasn't until I was actually at the airport that I called to let my best friend know I was moving her way.
It all seemed to sink in as I was standing in the crowded terminal.
"Kathryn? It's me," I said, shaking as I looked around the terminal. "I'm coming to Chicago. I hope the job is still mine." She screamed, there was a loud thunk as the phone dropped and Kathryn reassured someone in the background that she was fine.
"Regina's coming," I heard her explain, and my heart squeezed just thinking about being there with them at the beginning of this new adventure. "She changed her mind, David!" I heard a muffled sound of celebration, a clap, and he said something else that I couldn't quite make out.
"What did he say?" I asked.
"He asked if Robin was coming with you."
"No." I paused to fight back the sick feeling creeping up my throat. I've been with Robin for six years and no matter how glad I was to be done with him, the dramatic turn in my life still felt all too real. "I left him."
There was a sharp intake from the other side of the phone. "You okay?"
"Better than okay." And I truly was.
I don't think I realized exactly how okay I was until that moment.
"I think it's the best decision you've ever made," she told me before a pause, I could hear the relief in her voice, listening as David spoke in the background.
"David said you're going to shoot across the country like a comet." I bit my lip, holding back a grin, hoping she really wouldn't mind.
"Not too far off, actually. I'm at the airport." Kathryn screeched some unintelligent sounds and then promised to pick me up at O'Hare International Airport.
I smiled, hung up, and handed the counter attendant my ticket. I was thinking a comet was too directed, too driven. I was really more like an old star out of fuel, my own gravity pulling me inwards, crushing me. I ran out of the energy needed for me to perfect life, a way too predictable job, my loveless relationship exhausted and I'm only 27. Like a star my life in New York collapsed under the force of its own weight, so I was leaving. I was a massive star leaving behind black holes. But I was barely leaving behind a shadow. All of my light was coming with me. I was ready to start over as a comet; refuel, reignite, and burn across the sky.
Thanks for reading! I have just now decided that I will update at least one to two chapters a day because I now have the time and I would like this to be finished by Christmas I hope you all enjoy it! Intriguing